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Quiznet Archive - Quiz 1
1. Choose a more formal alternative for the words in bold. Take your umbrella with you - it's raining cats and dogs !
It's very hot It's raining a little It will rain soon It's raining heavily
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition. Jenny loves sports and she's particularly keen .... tennis and athletics
at on over in
3 Sue is lucky because she ..... catches a cold.
rare hardly scarcely rarely
4. In British English we ask for the bill in a restaurant at the end of a meal. What do Americans ask for?
the bill the receipt the script the check
5. What is the correct spelling of the word which means a group of "12"?
dozen dozzen doozen dosen
6. You are writing a formal letter which begins "Dear Sir or Madam". What would you write at the end of the letter?
Yours faithfully, Yours sincerely, Yours, My best regards


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